§ 117-68. RT-1 mobile home park and mobile home subdivision district.

(a)

Description of district. The RT-1 mobile home park and mobile home subdivision district is composed of areas containing mobile homes, rental spaces in a mobile home park or lots for sale in a mobile home subdivision.

(b)

Dimensions of mobile home parks. Minimum area of tract shall be eight acres for a mobile home park and ten acres for a mobile home subdivision. Minimum width of tract, for portions used for general vehicular entrances and exits only (other than alleys and service entrances), shall be 50 feet; for portions containing mobile home stands and buildings open generally to occupants minimum width shall be 100 feet. The tract shall comprise a single plot except where the total property includes separate parcels for necessary utility plants with permanent rights-of-way and easements for connection and access or for other structures necessary to the park, but not open generally to the occupants, provided that all lands involved shall be so dimensioned and related as to facilitate efficient design and management.

(c)

Spaces per acre in mobile home park. There shall not be more than nine mobile home spaces per acre in the mobile home park.

(d)

Spaces per acre in mobile home subdivision. There shall not be more than seven spaces per acre in a mobile home subdivision.

(e)

General site requirements.

(1)

Physical character of the site shall be suitable for development in the manner proposed, without hazards to persons or property, on or off the site, from probability of flooding, erosion, subsidence or slipping of soil, or other dangers, annoyances or inconveniences.

(2)

Location must be in appropriate existing general land use zone.

(3)

The developer must offset any additional public expense involved in extending or expanding public utilities or facilities to serve the site.

(4)

The limits of each mobile home lot shall be clearly marked on the ground by permanent flush stake markers or other suitable means. Location of lot limits on the ground shall be approximately as shown on the accepted plans. The degree of accuracy obtainable by working with a scale on the plan and then a tape on the ground is acceptable.

(f)

Common recreation spaces. There shall be eight percent of the gross area for common recreation space. The minimum area of any common recreation area shall be 10,000 square feet, and the minimum width of any such area shall be 80 feet. Such recreation area shall be no nearer than 25 feet to any property line. Each required common recreation area shall be appropriately graded, turfed or otherwise landscaped and provided with suitable drainage facilities. The recreation area in a mobile home park shall be maintained by the owner. The recreation area in a mobile home subdivision shall be dedicated to the city, or maintained by a homeowners' association.

(g)

Accessory commercial uses. In a mobile home park containing at least 50 dwelling units, there may be provided for the convenience of the residents of the development accessory commercial area, provided that such commercial areas meet the following conditions:

(1)

The area devoted to commercial purposes shall not exceed ten percent of the gross area.

(2)

No commercial use shall be closer to a property line than 25 percent of the average width or depth of a lot or tract in an R district outside the development.

(3)

Any commercial use shall be governed by the requirements of the C-2 district, but shall present no visible evidence of its commercial character from any R district outside the park.

(h)

Design of streets.

(1)

Alignment. The standards of the subdivision regulations for the city shall apply as to horizontal and vertical alignment of all interior streets.

(2)

Street widths. Surfaced roadways shall be of adequate width to accommodate anticipated traffic, and in any case shall meet the following minimum requirements:

a.

Two-way, with no parking: 20 feet back to back of curb.

b.

Two-way, with parking on one side only: 27 feet back to back of curb.

c.

Two-way, with parking on both sides: 34 feet back to back of curb.

d.

The right-of-way shall be the same as pavement with a ten-foot utility easement on each side.

(3)

Street widths at access points. At points where general traffic enters or leaves the park street widths shall be sufficient to permit free movement from or to the stream of traffic on the public street, and no parking shall be permitted which in any way interferes with such movement. Where substantial pedestrian movement from and to the park is anticipated, sidewalks shall be provided in such a manner as to eliminate use of roadway surface by pedestrians at access points.

(i)

Street pavement. Street pavements shall conform in material and construction to the standards for street paving of the subdivision regulations for the city except as to street pavement width as specified above.

(j)

Parking and driveways.

(1)

Size of off-driveway spaces. The minimum size for each parking space off-driveway shall be nine feet wide and 20 feet long.

(2)

Size of off-street parking bays. The size of off-street parking bays shall be as shown in the following table:

Parking Angle (degrees)	Curb Length Per Car (feet)	Minimum Bay Depth (feet)	Minimum Backing Depth (feet)
90	9	18	26
60	12.5	17	20
45	12.7	16	19

 

(3)

Parking ratio. Parking facilities shall be provided at the rate of at least two car spaces for each mobile home lot.

(4)

Location. Required car parking spaces shall be located for convenient access to the mobile home stands. Insofar as practicable one car space shall be located on each lot and the remainder located in adjacent parking bays.

(5)

Corner radii. All corner radii shall be 15 feet.

(k)

Pedestrian circulation.

(1)

Individual walks. Individual walks shall be provided to each mobile home stand from the paved street or from a paved driveway or parking space connecting to a paved street.

(2)

Common walks. Common walks shall be provided in locations where pedestrian traffic is concentrated, for example at the court entrance and to the court office and other important facilities. Common walks should preferably be through interior areas removed from the vicinity of streets.

(3)

Walkway width. Common walks shall be at least three feet wide.

(l)

Patios. Each mobile home stand shall be provided with a patio of at least 180 square feet to provide appropriate outdoor living space. Patios may be omitted when the patio's equivalent is provided by mobile home models.

(m)

Yards and distances between stands and structures.

(1)

Determination of side yards. Side yard width shall be measured from the required mobile home stand to the individual mobile home lot line. Minimum front yard shall be 15 feet. The minimum side yard shall be 7.5 feet and the minimum back yard shall be ten feet. Expandable rooms, enclosed patios, garages or structural additions shall be included in the mobile home stand area.

(2)

Distance across streets. The distance from the line or corner of any mobile home stand to any stand on the opposite side of a street shall be 50 feet minimum.

(3)

Yards abutting common areas. The distance from the line or corner of the mobile home stand to a street pavement, a common parking area, a common walk or other common area shall be 15 feet minimum.

(4)

Distance to court boundaries. The distance from the line or corner of any mobile home stand to a boundary line of the mobile home court shall not be less than 15 feet. Special protection acceptable to the city shall be provided by walls, solid or louvered fencing, or open fencing with appropriate planting, at a minimum distance of 15 feet from the mobile home stand.

(n)

Length of residential occupancy. No space shall be rented for residential use of a mobile home in any such park except for periods of 30 days or more.

(o)

Other regulations. In addition to complying with the requirements of this Code, any mobile home park shall comply with the rules and regulations of the Arkansas state board of health pertaining to mobile home parks and to the mobile home ordinance of the city.

(p)

Applicability of subdivision regulations. Mobile home subdivisions shall use the procedures in the city subdivision regulations except right-of-way widths, setback requirements and minimum lot sizes. This chapter shall govern these requirements. On preliminary plats the location of all mobile homes shall be shown.

(Ord. No. 3171, § 702.1-8, 3-26-62; Ord. No. 3781, § 1, 11-24-69)